Fedora has undoubtedly become one of the most robust Linux distributions , boasting a large and supportive user community. Each version of the distribution includes various improvements, with a particular focus on simplifying processes. This is especially true for its installation, which has been significantly improved and made as intuitive as possible.
Therefore, in this article I will take the opportunity to share with all those newcomers and people who have not yet tried this excellent Linux distribution, how to install its system . The new version of Fedora 31 was recently released (you can find its details at the following link).
This guide is intended for beginners , but it is important to keep in mind that you should have the basic knowledge to be able to create a bootable medium with the distro and know how to boot it on your computer.
Downloading and preparing the installation media
The first thing we need to do is download the system image, which we can burn to a DVD or a USB drive. We can download it from their official website; I'll leave the link here.
Once this is done we proceed with the creation of the installation medium.
CD / DVD installation media
- Windows: We can record the iso with Imgburn, UltraISO, Nero or any other program even without them in Windows 7 and later it gives us the option to right click on the ISO.
- Linux: You can use especially the one that comes with the graphical environments, among them are, Brasero, k3b, and Xfburn.
USB installation medium
- Windows: You can use Universal USB Installer or LinuxLive USB Creator, both are easy to use.
- Although there is also a tool that the Fedora team provides us directly, it is called Fedora Media Writer from the Red Hat page where it explains how it works.
- Linux: The recommended option is to use the dd command, with which we define in which path we have the Fedora image and also in which mount point we have our usb.
Generally the path to your pendrive is usually / dev / sdb this you can check with the command:
sudo fdisk -l
Already identified you just have to execute the following command
dd bs=4M if=/ruta/a/Fedora31.iso of=/ruta/a/tu/pendrive && sync
How to install Fedora 31?
Once the installation media is prepared, we proceed to boot it on our computer . During the boot process, a screen will appear where we select the first option, which is to try the live system. Everything necessary to run the system in Live mode on the computer will be loaded, and we will be inside it.
State within the system desktop we can see a single icon that has the name "Install". We are going to execute this by double clicking on it or selecting it and pressing the enter key.
Once this is done, the installation wizard will open. The first screen will ask you to select your language and country. After doing this , click Continue.
This will take you to the main menu of the installation wizard . Here you'll see a few options, two of which will be automatically configured after you set the previous option. If the time zone, keyboard layout, or language isn't what you need, you can change these settings using the options shown in the boxes highlighted in red.
In case everything is fine or you have already configured the options. Now we just have to click on "installation destination".
Here we are given the option to choose which hard drive and how Fedora will be installed.
When selecting the hard disk, different options will be enabled in the part below it. Of which we have the option that the wizard performed the installation automatically, basically what it will do is erase the entire disk to install Fedora.
The other two are the custom options where we ourselves manage our partitions, resize hard disk, delete partitions, etc. The recommended option if you don't want to lose information.
Here I recommend choosing the last one (Advanced Custom) since the installation wizard shows all the disk partitions, their mounting points and the options that we can perform on a single screen. Unlike the other option, this one shows you options in the form of a drop-down list and tends to be confusing for some.
To create a partition for Fedora or use an existing one destined for Fedora, we are going to select it and secondary click on it. As you can see, a menu will open that allows us to delete the partition, create a partition or format it.
The partition destined for Fedora we give the format "ext4" and mount point "/". In case you want to separate other mount points, you must assign a partition for each one, for example "/ boot", "/ home", "/ opt", "swap". Etc.
Now that this is defined, we will click on done and return to the main screen of the installation wizard, here the install button will be enabled and the process will begin.
At the end, we will only have to remove the installation media and restart.
At system startup , a setup wizard will run where we can configure our system user with a password.
As well as enabling or disabling some privacy settings and synchronizing some email accounts.